Shelly Sanders is the best­selling author of the adult nov­el Daugh­ters of the Occu­pa­tion and the acclaimed young adult his­tor­i­cal nov­els The Rachel Tril­o­gy. She began her writ­ing career as a free­lance jour­nal­ist work­ing for major pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing the Toron­to Star, Nation­al Post, Maclean’s, Cana­di­an Liv­ing, Reader’s Digest, and Today’s Par­ent. She lives in Ontario.